The Beaumont area temperature should shiver all the way up to 38 degrees today, but the National Weather Service's Lake Charles, La., office said another hard freeze could descend on Southeast Texas overnight.

"There will most likely be a hard freeze advisory for tonight," said weather service meteorologist Donald Jones.

Because of the sleety mix coating roadways, particularly bridges and overpasses, re-freezing water standing on road surfaces could result in a possibility of black ice, Jones said.

Black ice forms from standing water and is glassy and dark, Jones said. It's not grainy like sleet.

Black ice is liable to form on bridges and overpasses first, Jones said.

Currently, air temperature in Beaumont is about 30 degrees, so moisture on some roadways could still be frozen, particularly elevated road surfaces like bridges and overpasses.

Jones said air temperature could reach 34 to 35 degrees by 11 a.m. and much of the slipperiness on roadways could have disappeared by mid-day, he said.

Rainfall, for the most part, is done, Jones said. There is a light mist.

Tonight, look for air temperature to drop to about 26 degrees, Jones said.